Gordon W. Allport

Allport, Gordon W. - ôlˈpôrt, 1897–1967, American psychologist, b. Montezuma, Ind. One of the first psychologists to study personality, Allport researched human attitudes, prejudices, and religious beliefs. His theory of personality, which rejected both Freudian psychology and behaviorism, emphasized the uniqueness of the individual and the need to treat problems in Read More...

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Gordon Allport, the Man and His Ideas
by Richard I. Evans, Gordon Allport. 164 pgs.

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Part I: Psychoanalysis; Stimulus-Response Theory; Early Influences

Part II: Some Unique Contributions

Part III: Current Areas Of Interest In Psychology

Part IV: Threats to Man And Society; Evaluations Of Most Significant Contributions; The Future of Personality Psychology

Part V: Symposium: "Gordon Allport: His Unique Contributions To Contemporary Personality And Social Psychology"

Part VI: Some Observations Of The Dialogue Technique

Index
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The Nature of Prejudice
by Gordon W. Allport. 518 pgs.

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The Nature of Prejudice

Introduction

Foreword

Preface to the 1954 Edition

Preface to the 1958 Edition

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Part I Preferential Thinking

Chapter 1 What is the Problem?

Chapter 2 the Normality of Prejudgment

Chapter 3 Formation of In-Groups

Chapter 4 Rejection of Out-Groups

Chapter 5 Patterning and Extent of Prejudice

Part II Group Differences

Chapter 6 the Scientific Study of Group Differences

Chapter 7 Racial and Ethnic Differences

Chapter 8 Visibility and Strangeness

Chapter 9 Traits Due to Victimization

Part III Perceiving and Thinking About Group Differences

Chapter 10 the Cognitive Process

Chapter 11 Linguistic Factors

Chapter 12 Stereotypes in Our Culture

Chapter 13 Theories of Prejudice

Part IV Sociocultural Factors

Chapter 14 Social Structure and Cultural Pattern

Chapter 15 Choice of Scapegoats

Chapter 16 the Effect of Contact

Part V Acquiring Prejudice

Chapter 17 Conforming

Chapter 18 the Young Child

Chapter 19 Later Learning

Chapter 20 Inner Conflict

Part VI the Dynamics of Prejudice

Chapter 21 Frustration

Chapter 22 Aggression and Hatred

Chapter 23 Anxiety, Sex, Guilt

Chapter 24 Projection

Part VII Character Structure

Chapter 25 the Prejudiced Personality

Chapter 26 Demagogy

Chapter 27 the Tolerant Personality

Chapter 28 Religion and Prejudice

Part VIII Reducing Group Tensions

Chapter 29 Ought There to Be a Law?

Chapter 30 Evaluation of Programs

Chapter 31 Limitations and Horizons

Index of Names

Index of Subjects
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The Nature of Personality: Selected Papers
by Gordon W. Allport. 222 pgs.

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Preface

Attitudes

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The Psychologist's Frame of Reference Reprinted from Psychological Bulletin, 37, No. 1, January 1940, 1-28

Bibliography

The Functional Autonomy of Motives

I. Introduction

Motivation in Personality: Reply to Mr. Bertocci Reprinted from Psychological Review, 47, No. 6, November 1940, 533-554.

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The Ego in Contemporary Psychology Reprinted from Psychological Review, 50, No. 5, September 1943, 451-478.

I. Introduction

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The Psychology of Participation Reprinted from Psychological Review, 53, No. 3, May 1945, 117-132.

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Geneticism Vs Ego-Structure in Theories of Personality Reprinted from British Journal of Educational Psychology, XVI, June 1946, 57-68.

I.--Introduction.

Vii.--Summary.

Effect: A Secondary Principle of Learning

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Personalistic Psychology as Science: A Reply Reprinted from Psychological Review, 53, No. 2, March 1946, 132-135

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Scientific Models and Hunian Morals Reprinted from Psychological Review, 54, No. 4, July 1947, 182-192

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The Use of Personal Documents in Psychological Science: Prepared for the Committee on Appraisal of Research
by Gordon W. Allport. 212 pgs.

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Committee On Appraisal of Research

Foreword

Preface

The Personal Document In Psychological Science

Part I: The Use of Personal Documents

Chapter 1: Uncritical Use

Chapter 2: Critical and Experimental Studies

Chapter 3: For What Purposes Do Psychologists Employ Personal Documents?

Chapter 4: Nomothetic and Idiographic Uses

Part II: The Forms of Personal Documents

Chapter 5: Why Do People Write Personal Documents?

Chapter 6: Autobiographies

Chapter 7: Questionnaires and Verbatim Records

Chapter 8: Diaries and Letters

Chapter 9: Artistic and Projective Documents

Part III: The Value of Personal Documents

Chapter 10: The Case Against Personal Documents

Chapter 11: The Case for Personal Documents

Chapter 12: The Problem of Conceptualization

Chapter 13: Summary

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Subjects
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Youth's Outlook on the Future: A Cross-National Study
by James M. Gillespie, Gordon W. Allport. 61 pgs.

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Doubleday Papers in Psychology

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Background

Method

Results

Appendix A
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The Founders of Humanistic Psychology ("Gordon W. Allport" begins on pgs. 17 and 84, "Allport's Schemata of Values" begins on p. 101, and "Allport's Nomothetic and Morphogenic Studies" begins on p. 115)
by Roy Jose Decarvalho. 228 pgs.

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DeCarvalho narrates the institutionalization of the humanistic current in American psychology and places the thinking of five of its founders in the context of 20th century psychology. This intellectual history includes chronological bibliographies of the five founders: Gordon Allport, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, and James Bugental. The book examines their revolt against behaviorism and psychoanalysis, and explains the impact that the neo-Freudians, existentialism, Kurt Goldstein, personality, and Gestalt psychologies had on the conceptualization of their humanistic psychologies.

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Foreword

Acknowledgments and Bibliographical Note

1: Introduction

Notes

2: The Institutionalization of Humanistic Psychology

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3: Biographical Sketches

Notes

4: Humanistic Psychology and Behaviorism

Notes

5: Humanistic Psychology and Psychoanalysis

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6: Humanistic Psychology, Existentialism, and Phenomenology

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7: Other Sources of Influence in Humanistic Psychology

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8: Human Nature in Humanistic Psychology

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9: Humanistic Ethics in Psychology

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10: The Problem of Method in Humanistic Psychology

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11: Summary and Conclusion

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Appendix: Chronological Bibliographies

Index

About the Author
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An Introduction to Theories of Personality (Chap. 9 "Gordon W. Allport, Henry A. Murray: Trait Theory/ Personology")
by Robert B. Ewen. 602 pgs.

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Preface

1: Introduction: Theories of Personality

Summary

Part I: Foundations of Personality Theory

Prologue

2: Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis

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3: Carl Gustav Jung: Analytical Psychology

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4: Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology

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Part II: Clinically-Based Neoanalytic Theories

Prologue

5: Karen Horney: Neurosis and Human Growth

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6: Erich Fromm: The Escape From Freedom

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7: Harry Stack Sullivan: The Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry

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8: Erik Erikson: Ego Psychology

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Part III: Research-Oriented Theories of Personality

Prologue

9: Gordon W. Allport, Henry A. Murray: Trait Theory/Personology

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10: Raymond B. Cattell: Factor-Analytic Theory

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11: George A. Kelly: The Psychology of Personal Constructs

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Part IV: Humanistic and Existential Psychology

Prologue

12: Carl R. Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory

Summary

13: Abraham H. Maslow: Self-Actualization Theory (II)

Summary

14: Rollo May: Existential Psychology

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Part V: The Behaviorist Alternative

Prologue

15: B. F. Skinner: Radical Behaviorism

Summary

16: John Dollard and Neal E. Miller, Albert Bandura: More Eclectic Behaviorist Approaches

Summary

17: Conclusion: Perspectives and Postscript

Summary

Appendix: Case Material for Use with the Study Questions

References

Credits

Index
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Personality: A Topical Approach: Theories, Research, Major Controversies, and Emerging Findings (Chap. 4 "Allport's Trait Theory")
by Robert B. Owen. 336 pgs.

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Preface

1: Introduction

2: Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

3: Psychoanalytic Theory: Controversies and Emerging Finding

4: Allport's Trait Theory

5: Trait Theory: Controversies and Emerging Findings

6: Cognitive Theory

7: Rogers' Humanistic/Self Theory

8: Humanistic/Self Theory: Controversies and Emerging Findings

9: Skinner's Radical Behaviorism

10: Behaviorism: Controversies and Emerging Findings

11: Research Methods

12: Conclusion

Glossary

References

Index
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Study of Personality: A Book of Readings ("The Psychological Theory of 'Traits' " begins on p. 120)
by Howard Brand. 588 pgs.

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Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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INTRODUCTION

Theory

A Philosophy of Personality

HARRY STACK SULLIVAN: The Theory of Anxiety and the Nature of Psychotherapy

The Evolution and Present Trends of Psychoanalysis

Motivation in Personality: Reply to Mr. Bertocci

The Place of Personality in Social Psychology

A Topological Analysis of Anxiety

The Personalistic Psychology of William Stern

Cyclothymia and Schizothymia as a Dimension of Personality: Historical Review

Summary

Methods

INTRODUCTION

Methodology and Research in Psychopathology

A Fundamental Principle of Personality Measurement

Some Methods of Assessing Temperament and Personality

A Statistical Approach to Typology: The Study of Trait-Universes

Diagnosing Personality by the Analysis of Dreams

Psychological Leads for Ethnological Field Workers

Problems

INTRODUCTION

Some Neglected Problems in Social Psychology

Role Behaviors in the Study of Indiuidual Personality and of Groups

Human Motives and the Concept of the Self

The Expressive Component of Behavior

Personality and Vocation

The Problem of National Character: A Methodological Analysis

Psychological Ecology and the Problem of Psychosocial Development

Personality in Preliterate Society

An Analysis of: Conflicting Social Norms

The Scientific Testing of Psychoanalytic Findings and Theory

Theory and Experiment Relating Psychoanalytic Displacement to Stimulus-Response Generalization2

Effects of Frustration and Anxiety on Fantasy Aggression2

Determinants of Level of Aspiration: Evidence from Everyday Life

Intolerance of Ambiguity as an Emotional and Perceptual Personality Variable

The Relation of Somatotype to Self-Ratings on Sheldon's Temperamental Traits

WILLIAM E. HENRY1 The Business Executive: A Study of the Psychodynamics of a Social Role

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Measuring Religious Maturity: A Proposed Scale, in Review of Religious Research
by Roger L. Dudley, Robert J. Cruise. 13 pgs.

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Tensions That Cause Wars (Chap. 2 "The Role of Expectancy" by Gordon W. Allport)
by Hadley Cantril, Joint Center for Urban Studies. 303 pgs.

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Common Statement

1 Alexander Szalai

2 Gordon W. Allport

3 Harry Stack Sullivan

4 Gilberto Freyre

5 John Rickman

6 Max Horkheimer

7 Georges Gurvitch

8 Arne Naess

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